Doubling up two different colored shoelaces and weaving them through each other like
Lattice Lacing forms a dense angled two-color checker pattern.

Diagram for 6 pairs of eyelets

Pairs

6

Step

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

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Lacing Technique:

• Start with two different colored shoelaces, preferably flat but not too wide.

• Feed one shoelace (purple) into the bottom left eyelet. Feed half way through so that the two loose ends are of equal length.

• Hold together both halves of the left (purple) shoelace as though they are one double-thickness shoelace.

• Run the left (purple) ends diagonally upwards on the outside and feed in through the third higher set of eyelets up the shoe (skip past two sets of eyelets).

• Run the ends straight up the inside and emerge through the next higher set of eyelets.

• Run the ends diagonally downwards on the outside and feed in through the third lower set of eyelets down the shoe (skip past two sets of eyelets).

• Run the ends straight up the inside and emerge through the next higher set of eyelets.

• Run the ends diagonally upwards on the outside and feed in through the top set of eyelets.

• Feed the second shoelace (orange) into the bottom-right eyelet, again feeding half way through.

• Hold together both halves of the right (orange) shoelace and repeat the above steps in reverse to follow a mirror-image path of the left (purple) shoelace.

• At each intersection, ensure that one of the right (orange) ends weaves over and under the intersecting left (purple) segments while the other end weaves under and over.

• At the top of the shoe, once again hold the two ends at each side together as though they are one double-thickness shoelace and use them to tie your
Shoelace Knot.

Features:

Decorative look

Harder to tighten

Harder to tie

19% longer ends (approx.)

Notes:

• This lacing works best with thinner shoelaces because each eyelet has to accommodate a double-thickness of
shoelace.

• This page currently only has instructions for six pairs of eyelets because such complex diagrams take a
LOT of work. For shoes with different numbers of eyelet pairs, simply add additional crossovers or vertical
segments to the top and/or bottom. See the similar
Lattice Lacing page for more detailed instructions.